The Detroit Symphony Orchestra said it achieved a balanced budget for fiscal 2013, the first time it has done so since 2007.

At its annual meeting Thursday afternoon, the orchestra reported total revenue of $28.29 million for 2013 and an operating surplus of $20,000.

Other notable accomplishments for the DSO during 2013 included attracting the largest audience for classical orchestral concerts of any orchestra in the nation, returning to Carnegie Hall for the first time in 17 years, and attracting 630 applicants from around the world for seven orchestra auditions.

The orchestra raised $18.9 million for operations during the year ended Aug. 31, up 43 percent from the amount it raised last year, and increased its subscription sales for the second year in a row with 4 percent growth.

Ticket sales rose to $6.26 million in 2013 from $5.3 million the year before.

The DSO said it doubled the total number of donors to 10,250 since fiscal 2011.

Corporate support to the orchestra increased 12 percent from 2012 to $2.1 million, and foundation grants grew by 11 percent to $3.8 million.

The DSO said in a release that it secured the balanced budget in large part through a $4.1 million Deficit Reduction Initiative, which was designed to close the gap between the symphony's income and expenses.

Chairmen Emeriti Stanley Frankel, a former Troy developer, and Jim Nicholson, president and CEO of PVS Chemicals Inc., led the initiative, attracting support from 46 other individuals and families.

The DSO drew $2.3 million from endowment funds it owns and controls, leaving that fund amount at $8.2 million at year’s end. It received a $900,000 distribution from a restricted endowment, leaving that fund with $21.1 million.

The DSO said its 2012-13 season garnered the largest audience for classical orchestral concerts in the nation, with heavy attendance at its classical season concerts at Orchestra Hall, regularly sold-out Neighborhood Concert Series performances and nearly 400,000 people from around the globe tuning in to its “Live from Orchestra Hall” HD webcasts.